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I've just taken a new install of Win-7 Ultimate SP1 (32-bit), applied the convenience rollup 3125574 offline install (after first installing something else that was needed, a servicing stack update 3020369) and the rollup shows in the install list - but NOT all the individual KB's that's contained in the rollup. So that kinda sucks. I've tried several ways to get an installed-update list, but they all just show 3125574 and not all the individual updates it contains. Even with this rollup installed, an on-line update session shows that there are 70-80 important updates available. Has there been that many since this package was created? Only 1 or 2 months ago? My primary question is, can the large offline install file for 3125574 be unpacked and all individual kb's accessible? I've tried 7zip and winrar on an XP machine but that doesn't work.

Do ransomware infectors use system-level file-encryption services? Services that wouldn't be available on win-9x/me? Does your file system need to be NTFS in order for a ransomware infector to be successful? I thought I read somewhere that these infectors use their own custom routine to open target files and encrypt the first 32kb of the target file. That means the encryption can happen fast, and be independent on the file size (even large multi-media files need not be fully read and re-written in encrypted format). Do we know what is really going on when Locky and other ransomware infectors are messing with files?

I can't figure out blackwingcat's website. Got a direct link? With instructions (in english?) if necessary? (or, special instructions for running on win-98 since Blackwing, if I remember correctly, is more focused on win-2k)... BTW, can anyone running win-98 get the certificate snap-in to work on mmc?

On another win-98 system, running certmgr.msc gave me the same error "snap-in failed to initialize". Both systems had MMC 1.0. I then hunted for MMC 1.2 (archive.org had several archived MS pages, but apparently did not archive the actual download file - IMMC.EXE). I found and ran the file after doing some hunting for it. Restarted the system (did this on both win-98 systems, got the same result). Running certmgr.msc now gives this: snap-in failed to initialize name: - not available - CLSID: 53D6AB1D-2488-11D1-A28C-00C04FB94F17 I thought I had too different certmgr.msc files. The one that currently resides in \windows\system is dated 8/29/2002 (these files have no version information it seems) and the original on CD is 4/23/99, but file-compare says they're identical. I also have certmgr.exe (5.131.1863.1, 11/12/04) and that *does* seem to do something other than throw an error. Certmgr.exe does not seem to be on the win-98 cd. Certmgr.exe shows me certificates by "Intended purpose" or "All", for Personal, Other People, Intermediate Certification Authority, and Trusted Root Certification Authority. I think this is similar to what SDFox was mentioning in terms of getting to this information from IE6.

Edit: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{EF289A85-8E57-408d-BE47-73B55609861A} is 38,0,2195,0 I tried to add that to my original post by editing the post, but I could not find a "save" or "submit" button on the edit page. I'm using Opera 12.02.

I downloaded this: http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/rootsupd.exe Ran it, got some sort of error, but before dismissing the error I went to temp folder and moved the folder containing .sst, inf, exe files. File-dates are April 19, 2013. I right-clicked/installed the file "rootsupd.inf" (it contains "Chigaco" signature!?) and then ran updroots.exe - but it wants a command-line argument. I suspect that the argument must be one of the .sst files, so I ran updroots updroots.sst and it didn't complain. Don't know what authroots.sst, delroots.sst, roots.sst are for. I was wondering how to check installed certificates, found a post somewhere saying to run certmgr.msc. I do that, but get "The Snap-in that has been selected failed to initialize properly". The selected snap-in (the only snap-in that seems to be available in the left-pane) is Console Root - "Certificate Manager - File". I'd like to know if this failed-snap-in thing is fixable, and more so if what I've done with the updroots described above has done anything useful in terms of web-browsing without seeing messages about certificates. Is there an on-line way to perform certificate tests?

There are some .avi (mjpg or motion-jpg) files that mplayerclassic, vlc, and wmp will play on my win-98 system, and there are others that only vlc will play. For the latter, when handed to wmp (v 9) they're treated as audio-only files. When handed to mpc, I get this: The following pin(s) failed to find a connectable filter: VGA 16 Color Ditherer: Xform Out I'm pretty sure I've installed at least one codec package in the past, and have just tried to run this file just now: ffdshow_rev4532_20140717_clsid.exe but it won't run (complains about windows version, regardless how I set kex property) and it's a package I can't unpack manually. Is there a no nonsense codec package for win-98/kex that will give mpc and wmp the same ability as vlc to play this particular file?

The win-update system has been very responsive today. I've gone through the entire "important updates" list and I have downloaded everything except: IE-11 KB3020369 KB3138612 MS confirms there are or have been problems with 369, and from a little goog'ling on 612 I'm not happy with what I read about that one. The system has IE9 (and there was some sort of roll-up update for that that came down during today's session). I don't know what I want to do with this system in terms of IE so for the moment I'm leaving it at 9. Now I turn to the Optional Updates, and here's where I see many of the KB's on my "do not install" list turning up: KB2506928, KB2545698, KB2592687, KB2660075, KB2726535 KB2952664, KB2970228, KB3021917, KB3035583, KB3068708 KB3075249, KB3078667, KB3080149, KB3123862 And in addition to the above, I'm also being offered these: 2574819, 2830477, 2985461, 3006137, 3013531, 3020370 3040272, 3054476, 3080079, 3092627, 3102429, 3107998 3112148, 3118401, 3121255, 3133977, 3137061, 3138901 3139923 Which I might do some research to see if they're safe. I do not want this system to ever give a win-10 popup or nag message or do anything to proactively download it. Bottom line: I don't have 3083710 or 3102810 installed, and they have not been offered during this entire update sequence. Starting with Win7SP1 32bit with about 200 security and .net updates rolled in, the first few rounds of on-line updating were slow (in terms of downloading, not in terms of getting the list) but then the process sped up to full speed at some point while I was installing the remaining 70 security and .net updates. In terms of optional updates, I've only obtained the driver-related ones (so far) and have left the system with IE9.

The system I'm working on is Win-7sp1 Ultimate, 32bit. Started with SP1 cd image, rolled in about 200 updates into the image, made sure none of them were ones to be avoided. After install, performed activation, then brought up the Windows Update through the control panel, set it to check but not download. Checking and getting the list seems to go smoothly. First time I was told 72 important updates and 70 or 72 optional updates. Not selecting any optional updates (yet). Before doing anything I downloaded IE9 offline install (so I went from IE8 to IE9). In the Important update list, I de-selected IE11, and "update for win 7" kb3020369, kb3138612, and win7sp1 kb976932 (3.9 mb). I figure I'll get those after all the other updates (which are listed as security updates). So far I must have about 30 of those 70 (my list is down to 40). It says the amount to download currently is 174 mb (52 for malicious software removal tool, 2 updates are 20.5 mb each, another is 11.6 mb, all others seem smaller, not sure how it comes to 174). I was watching the network bandwidth window, and after 2 hours the number of received bytes increased by 60,000 (bytes?). The data stream from MS appears to be extraordinarily slow. I checked the machine's internet connectivity (speedtest.net) and it was sending and receiving to the limit of the connection I have, so no problem there. I left it to run overnight, I'll see tomorrow where it stands.

Well, it turns out my system was downloading updates, but I was experiencing another issue I didn't know existed - that once you select downloads and start the download process, the progress indicator does not move (stays at 0%) but something is actually being downloaded. I only realized that when I shut down the system and that kicked it into saying "applying update n of x" during a few minutes before it shut down. I let it apply the updates, let the shutdown happen, then turned back on and tried that sequence a few times. It worked once or twice more, but then it got stuck on the same 50-odd updates (from a list originally at 66 that I selected). I'll try this more again today and see if I can get more of them. I still haven't downloaded/installed the 2 kb's I've mentioned (3083710 and 3102810).

I've just performed a win-7sp1 install from an image prepared by one of those driver and update integration programs. I selected about 210 updates to be rolled into the image, making sure that none of them matched the 2 or 3 dozen KB numbers that are associated with various "do-not-install" lists for win-7 (including telemetry and crap related to win-10). Install worked fine, and the updates were all there. I set auto-update to check-but-let-me-choose, and the first thing it downloaded was an update to the updater. Ok fine, restart, and then check again. But it just sits there, trying to connect or do something. One article I found says that KB3083710 and KB3102810 are required (or should be manually downloaded and installed) so that the update check happens at all (or happens without some huge time delay). Trouble is, both of those kb's are in my list of stuff-to-not-install. So I'm basically asking (1) are both or either of the above 2 KB's required for an on-line windows-update check/scan to work, and if so then (2) to what extent am I exposing the system to unwanted win-10 nags (or worse) by installing it / them?

There was a change to the msfn website on sunday that has rendered it unusable under FF2 / Netscape 9. Prior to that, FF2 was able to render and interact with the site fairly well. I'm using Opera 12.02 to create this post. I've tried changing the user-agent in FF2 to more modern versions of chrome, FF and IE but none of them bring back the prior functionality. If MSFN is going to continue to host forums for win-9x/me users, then some consideration should be made that the site should be usable for people using those older OS's and the limitations of the browsers running on them.

I don't think the question posed by Jim qualifies or relates to a Windows 9x Member project. Not just that - the subject line would have been improved if it read "What updates are available / should be applied to fresh install" or something along those lines.

> Now, as for meeting the "criteria" in this thread, many of these newer > boards DO meet it if you accept the conditions I stated in my earlier > post. Namely "accept that you will need to add an Audio card and buy > the SATA patch" - once these things are accepted as necessary, then > in many cases the rest of the drivers are available. Beyond Intel 8xx-based chipsets, how do you handle the dozen or so motherboard resources that are handled by the chipset driver? The PCI/PCIe bus driver? DMA controller? Interrupt controller? Composite power - can you do a full shut-down from win-98? ACPI bios? Plug and Play bios? USB ports? Or is that another third-party PCI USB card that you're going to need if you want to be able to use USB thumb drives under win-98? There's a lot more to getting win-98 to run properly on a board with no chipset drivers beyond using some SATA hack. I don't see how you have anything other than 16 color VGA graphics for example. You'll have no USB, and these boards (Intel 9xx or higher, ICH 6 or higher) may not or will not have IDE controller, so if you've got legacy or old IDE drives that you want to use (and IDE optical drives) then what do you do? > My Chipset INF package handles the chipset devices and some of the > popular onboard Gigabit Network cards have a 9x driver. So provided > one chooses an Intel-based board based on these points and compares > it to your VIA board we're back to the only point this VIA board has > in it's favor - a free SATA driver. The Asrock Via-based board has win-98 drivers for PCIe and AGP bridge, motherboard resources (IRQ, DMA), and USB controller. Without drivers like those, how on earth can you get a video card working in anything beyond 16 color VGA mode under win-98? How many yellow (!) do you see in device manager on your high-end Intel-based boards while running win-98?

I really would like to know how an Intel-based 8xx series motherboard with a socket 775 CPU would compare to something like Asrock 4coredual-VSTA with Via 880 chipset, 1066 FSB, DDR-2. There are some third-party bios freely available that gives the VSTA board compatibility with some wolfdale cores like E7600 and E6300 (7600 is 65 watt, passmark single-thread score of 1265 - show me a better CPU for win-98!). Asrock -VSTA board has *both* PCIe and AGP (can only use one, not both simultaneous). I don't see how any Intel-8xx series motherboard can come anywhere close to the versatility of VIA 880 or 890 chipset board (especially this Asrock VSTA board). Going to Intel-9xx or higher board is great- but doesn't meet the criteria in this thread for win-9x drivers.

Regarding the topic of the "fastest" graphics card (ie - performance in terms of, I guess, computation rate, clock speed, etc) - if someone is interested only in a video card's ability to play video / movies (1080p, various formats, etc) then do you gain anything by going from, say, an nvidia 6200 card to a 7xxx card? I can understand how the goal of these cards is higher and higher frame rates for video game scene rendering, but something I've not seen an explanation of is if any of that extra game-playing horsepower is directly applicable to ordinary movie playback (be it dvd, or blue ray, 1080p material, etc). ???

LoneCrusader wrote: > Why should it be any better than Intel? I believe Intel chipsets > much newer than the VIA ones you specify are usable with 9x > given the conditions I already listed above. What socket 775 motherboard (with DDR2 ram, 1066 FSB, and AGP slot) and has an Intel chipset with win-98 drivers for everything (except for HD audio) - including SATA controller?

Why hasn't any VIA-based motherboards been discussed in this thread? PT880 or 890? Asrock 4coredual-VSTA, for example. Everything (except HD audio) has win-98 drivers, including the SATA ports. Use SATA drives (at least 1 or 1.5 tb) without patched drivers. Socket 775 (faster, less power than 478). Some modded bios's available for Wolfdale CPUs.

This is the URL that (while using FF 2.0.0.20) is reliably causing my java console to start: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-26/vacancies-abound-these-5-american-ghost-cities This may or may not be a complete list (as pertains to the URL in question) but these domains are blocked (because of hosts file entries): d5nxst8fruw4z.cloudfront.net c.statcounter.com www.statcounter.com ads.investingchannel.com pagead2.googlesyndication.com platform.twitter.com grllopa.com widgets.outbrain.com secure.quantserve.com edge.quantserve.com asset.pagefair.com So presumably nothing from those domains would be causing this java behavior (but I see that I'll be adding asset.pagefair.net). The following two domains are referenced in the URL, but it could be just as a clickable link: cartodb-libs.global.ssl.fastly.net adamkokenakes.cartodb.com I believe that it is the adamkokenakes material / graphic that I'm seeing in Opera that I'm not seeing in FF2. So if anyone can tell me what (in that URL) is triggering my java console to start, please do. It's very rare (or quite possibly has never happened) that I've seen such behavior on any zerohedge page before.

During browsing (not msfn) I noticed my java console started up, but there was no obvious java content on the page/site I was on. I looked at the java logfile and the last entry tells me the date/time that java started (is there somewhere else that tells me the name/location of the java package being run?). I believe I've found the reason (the page renders differently in Opera 12 vs FF2, hence I believe I'm seeing the java content in Opera that I'm not seeing in FF2). While searching for any new or modified files with the time-stamp that corresponds to java starting, I found these candidates: windows\Application Data\Avant Profiles\.default\temp\cookies\index.dat windows\Application Data\Avant Profiles\.default\temp\cache\Content.IE5\index.dat I tried to open the second index.dat file in wordpad, but was told it was in use. I copied it to another location where I was able to open it. I then tried to copy the first index.dat file, but got this: "your current security settings prohibit copying or moving files from this zone" I don't like the idea of not (at least) being able to copy a file that may be in use, especially when running win-98. I tried copying the entire cookies folder, but got the same message. I then tried copying the entire temp directory, and that *I was* able to do, and the cookies directory (and the file index.dat) came with it. What sort of control structure exists within win-98 that would have prevented me from copying that index.dat file (and how can it be deactivated)? A registry entry somewhere?

Following the archived link to Webfldrs-KB892211-ENU.exe (1759 kb), downloading and unpacking it gives webfldrs.msi (1915 kb). Unpacking the msi gives (among other things) the following 4 cab files, the contents of which are listed under each one: fp4a.cab fp4autl.dll.36E92838_E4EF_404F_BB9D_B225D45C7ACF fp4awec.dll.36E92838_E4EF_404F_BB9D_B225D45C7ACF fpext.msg.36E92838_E4EF_404F_BB9D_B225D45C7ACF msonsext.cab F6926_msonsext.dll.B1137AFB_11AE_488A_BA0E_E3DE1B3F1F42 fKey_nsextint.dll.B1137AFB_11AE_488A_BA0E_E3DE1B3F1F42 pkmws.cab F525_pkmws.dll.662E5E6B_7913_4DEE_84E0_F9A52DB890D1 Rosebud.cab F324_msdaipp.dll.E8D71C4B_62C9_4D1B_A02F_C916CAE50331 F346_msdapml.dll.E8D71C4B_62C9_4D1B_A02F_C916CAE50331 In addition to those cabs, there is also Icon.places.exe - no idea what that is (tried to start it, nothing happens). I believe the desired .dll files are all there (above) - just edit the file names to remove the junk and you've got the files, and a bonus file (nsextint.dll). All files have a date-stamp of 9/17/04. But still no Pkmres.dll.

I've checked my win-98se system and I have nothing matching pkmres*.*. I have all of the other files mentioned in the table except for Pkmws.dll, but only Fp4awec.dll matches the version in the table (all others are older versions). Pkmres.dll is said to be a component of "microsoft sharepoint portal server". It's not clear to me if Microsoft intended kb892211 to be applicable to windows 98. See also this (if it's relevant): http://www.office-forums.com/threads/workaround-install-problem-with-microsoft-frontpage-2000.2254423/

I had kex version 4.5.2015.9 installed on this win-98se system. I copied (not moved) all the files in the \windows\kernelex directory to a backup folder. I downloaded Release.11.7z and unpacked it into \windows\kernelex\Release.11 folder. I ran the update.pif in the Release.11 folder, the system rebooted, ran the bat file, asked me if I wanted to replace a few files (I said yes), and then rebooted. Upon restart, I got the message "Kernel32.dll performed an invalid page fault" shortly after the login window came up. Dismissing that, got a short cascade of other messages (other things trying to run, but didn't or couldn't). Bottom line, system not functional, no desktop. Reboot into dos. There appears to be 3 dll files that are newer than what I had before in the kernelex folder: kexbasen.dll kexbases.dll kernelex.dll After a little bit of trial and error, I find that replacing kexbasen.dll with the previous version brings back full system functionality. So I'm now running with kernelex 4.5.2015.11 except for kexbasen.dll which is version 4.5.2015.9. In this state, I can post this message, watch youtube videos using opera 12.02 and vlc 2.0.8 works fine (don't know if those constitute a good kernelex test or not...). No functional issues noted so far.

As it stands currently, does Retrozilla (v 1.1) perform any differently (general website compability) than FF 2.0.0.20 on win-98se? If Retrozilla development is continued, will it or could it attain performance capabilities that match or exceed those of Opera 12.02 on win-98se systems with Kex?

Northbridge: Intel® G965 Express Chipset Southbridge: Intel® ICH8 No AGP slots - PCI/PCIe only. Great! So we've got win-9x fully compatibly with 9xx/ICH8 have we? And a PCIe video card too! Tell me where I can download these 9xx/ICH8 win-9x chipset drivers...